Re: Privacy group targets Google Street View UK

["Alex Eckelberry" <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>]

How ironic, for the most videod population in the world.  

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From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Juha-Matti Laurio
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:28 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] Privacy group targets Google Street View UK

"Watchdog group Privacy International has filed a formal complaint with
the U.K. government over the recent introduction of Google's Street View
in Britain.

Simon Davies, director of Privacy International, argues that Street View
has caused "clear embarrassment and damage"
to many residents of the U.K., according to a BBC News report.
The street-level feature of Google Maps, which debuted in the U.K. last
week, provides a driver's-eye photographic record of urban landscapes,
including storefronts and pedestrians.

The complaint was filed with the Information Commissioner's Office..."
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More at
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10202817-83.html

Juha-Matti
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